Cats eligible for this special wouldn’t be comfortable living in a house, but would be formidable as a “barn cat” or “working cat” due to their experience outdoors. Each cat adopted out for this special will receive the “feral cat package” in our Spay & Neuter Clinic.

Willamette Humane Society sometimes has cats who cannot live as house pets. Cats eligible for the barn cat adoption special fall into three categories:

Cats whose litterbox habits make them unsuitable for house pets.

Cats who are just too independent to appreciate being cooped up in cages in the shelter.

Cats who prefer the company of other cats and animals to people, or who don’t like to be handled.

Cats who are suitable to be house pets are not eligible for the Barn Cat Special, it is created to provide the best possible outcome for cats who may not otherwise be able to find homes.

The barn cat program reaches out to those with a working barn, outbuildings, or other safe structures deemed appropriate by our adoption counselors on a case by case basis. Having a barn cat or cats will help keep down the rodent population. The cats will be helping the property owner, while the property owner provides the cats with a safe place to live. And, because these cats are already spayed/neutered, the property owner won’t have to worry about endless litters of kittens appearing!

Willamette Humane Society staff will go over how to acclimate the new cat(s) to the barn or structure and make them feel at home.

We are looking for a barn cat, we are I. The Stafford area on 5 acres with horses, chickens, ducks, dogs and pigs. We are infested with squirrels and trapped a rat this week. First one I’ve ever seen, usually just see mice. Need a great hunter soon!! I’ve had cats for over 20 years, been without for he last two.

We would love to adopt a couple of BARN CATS .. they need to be good mouser’s as our neighbors and ourselves have had a rat infestation .. our cat of eighteen years died last spring as well as a feral cat that showed up at our house a few years ago .. we adopted a Barn cat from the MKinney Humane shelter (they clipped his ear) but he wasn’t a true Barn Cat because he stays in the house part of each day and he is very affectionate .. we live on an acer so we have plenty of room for BARN CATS .. and I would love to give cats a home that are hard to place !!!